musings and ponderments:
1. what is the difference between a watch and a chronograph?
2. why does apple continue to use insider computer humor in tv commercials which are being viewed by a majority of folks who might be inclined to listen about their product(mac) instead of ignoring the commercial (like I do) when it's based upon some "cute" anti-pc dig that has no relevance to them?
3. has their ever been another c&w song that charted which could claim to be even half as good as "Luckenbach, Texas"?
4. given the rate of technological growth and its effect on the youngest of entry level users vs. the rest of the older population, is it fair to say that the duration of time referred to as a "generation" has shortened dramatically over the last 20 years?
5. is bloggery now the cheapest form of anonymous psychotherapy available?
6. why is blogger accusing an irrelevant little blip of a site like this of being a "spam blog"? such accusations from someone who hasn't even taken the time to get to know us...hmmm.
over.

Are umlauts even possible with the tools at hand? If so, then my vote goes for placing umlauts over the letter "b". That would give us three strategically placed 'lauts, for visual balance and poetic irony, not to mention street cred with our large Germanic following. Hey, Greg, remember your ill-timed "30 seconds over Dresden" quip that resulted in that ugly scene at the rock festival on the coast of the Baltic in 80?

Don't ask me why, but I will post today...(sound of lonely echo rolling down the empty RGNC hallway).

Snow and lots of it yesterday. Maybe a foot. Sunny now and no wind, about 27 degrees according to the radio weather serf. I will say this about the weather persons that inhabit the radio and tv airwaves in our vicinity: HUCKSTERS! Song and dance, doom and gloom, sky falling...no, wait, warm spell coming (threat of tornadoes!), whatever it takes to get you to watch them shuck and jive on the newscast while they steal valuable time from the sports segment. About 8-10 years ago there was a local independent channel that only showed a graphic with the most elementary weather info for that day and the one to come; no satellite maps, no "Viper 3" radar scans, just what to expect for tomorrow, then back to news and an extended sports segment. Cool. Then they got appointed as the local NBC affiliate and now they are the absolute worst weather hacks in town. Why do people watch something that spends 10 minutes telling them in detail about something that may or may not happen and is totally out of their control anyway? When I am king, this nonsense will truly cease.

be good. post.

Expect nothing.
Settle for less.
Don't be fooled into thinking there is a cure.
Stop trying to fix things.
Help will not be forthcoming.
Telling the truth is not complaining.
A few care, but fewer understand.
It is what it is.
The desire for happiness is a disease.
Accept and move on.
Progress is often a form of idolatry.
You own nothing.
Problems and solutions are often false dichotomies.

Much time spent recently watching Th' lympics. Thought that if I paid attention to the x-game type stuff I ripped a few days ago, I might gain some appreciation for it. And yet, I have not. In fact, I now scorn such "events" all the more. And add to my list of "sports" that must be eliminated: I SAID ELIMINATED, SIR AND OR MADAM! , yes, the figure skating competitions one and all must be forbade at once. This is my demand or I will start to burn embassies! Any event that has a non-objective element of judging involved in determining the winner must be immediately withdrawn from Th' lympic Games. I will hereafter accept and honor medals awarded only in sports whose winners are determined by scores, i.e. hockey, or by time elapsed, i.e. downhill ski racing, or by stuff shot with rifle, i.e. nordic biathalon.

more later, be good.

Been a while. Musings relevant and non...

1. Lou Rawls: R.I.P. Great pipes, laid back style, no showboating or hype; will be mised.

2. The Mutt (aka my cheapie Johnson L size knock-off) ITS A BEAST! That's right, a verifiable vibe-a-tronic tone dog. I play it a lot and I really am getting sold on the short scale small bodied guitars. Very focused tone, can get played loud near the bridge and sounds very delicate and harmonically nuanced when played less forcefully. Put some new Pearse light guage phosphor bronze wires on it a couple of weeks ago and it cuts like a lazer. Coming soon to a RGNC shindig near you!

3. Winter Olympics. Love the hockey, men's downhill, curling, that 4 man snowboard 'snow-cross' racing thing they do whatever its called; but I can't help but say 'you got to be kidding' when they trot out some of the stupid x-games crap like the downhill stoner sled mogul race where the obligatory white rasta face pierced 'athlete' whose name is something like Shasta Stein or Arapahoe Murphy from Crusted Butt, Colorado get scored not just on how fast they finish the course, but also on how well they keep the bong lit on the way down.

4. My good stuff list: guitars, cameras, hdtv, hockey, driving, living in the sticks, watching the ny times circle the toilet on their way down, red chile from chimayo because its not as sweet as the stuff from downstate, arturo fuente...

more to follow, be good.

Wowser! Activity. Okie dokie. Very little musical news from Newton County. How sad. Did the thing happen on the 6th? If not, let me know if there is a rain date.

Be happy and careful